STAND. COM. REP. NO.  983

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 74

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 74, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow committed persons to make and sell approved products to generate money to pay for restitution and rehabilitation programs, and to ensure committed persons are financially-stable when they reenter the community.  Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Allows committed persons to create approved products and crafts to sell;

     (2)  Allocates the proceeds of these sales to reentry and rehabilitation programs and services, the crime victim compensation special fund, and the committed person's individual account; and

     (3)  Requires the Department of Public Safety to study other states' practices on the making and sale of arts and crafts by inmates.

The Department of Public Safety, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 74, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair